Newell

Last seen for girls in 1928 at #4,725 · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #8,215
Given to boys 97.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 14 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,240
since 1881

Newell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Newell has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #460, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019#8,2159
2018#12,1565
2017
2016
2015
2014#12,1085
2013
2012
2011
2010#12,2315
2009#7,69210
2008#12,5535
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999#7,1398
1998#7,5607
1997#9,2655
1996
1995#8,8685
1994
1993#5,7719
1992
1991#5,5219
1990#5,8238
1989#6,2297
1988#7,2705
1987#6,0896
1986#6,7215
1985#4,3339
1984
1983#6,2385
1982#4,5938
1981
1980#4,1349
1979#5,3556
1978#4,1578
1977#3,38611
1976#5,5875
1975#3,6599
1974#3,5589
1973#2,60614
1972#3,6228
1971#2,20318
1970#1,79424
1969#2,21715
1968#2,44512
1967#1,97416
1966#1,96316
1965#2,08415
1964#2,04016
1963#1,90218
1962#1,66923
1961#2,14815
1960#1,97317
1959#1,50128
1958#1,59324
1957#1,83719
1956#1,44329
1955#1,33932
1954#1,40829
1953#1,30433
1952#1,13642
1951#1,12341
1950#1,23234
1949#1,46225
1948#1,19436
1947#1,05347
1946#98047
1945#1,16332
1944#89850
1943#83762
1942#91053
1941#85055
1940#86253
1939#1,01539
1938#86951
1937#85851
1936#78760
1935#94045
1934#95644
1933#81258
1932#92449
1931#86954
1930#82462
1929#82662
1928#4,7255#76771
1927#4,2866#84963
1926#4,8515#73775
1925#4,0287#85860
1924#4,4346#82367
1923#3,3509#72581
1922#75477
1921#5,0995#79073
1920#4,3986#76375
1919#74774
1918#3,2449#68483
1917#69975
1916#3,0319#59396
1915#3,7956#64282
1914#3,1886#64561
1913#56459
1912#65941
1911#62424
1910#85913
1909
1908#74413
1907#66415
1906#8529
1905#1,0027
1904#76010
1903#61913
1902#1,0136
1901#55913
1900#9029
1899#66110
1898#66311
1897#7259
1896
1895#7958
1894
1893#7688
1892#7928
1891#8416
1890#7398
1889
1888#1,0315
1887#9215
1886#6948
1885#7657
1884#7018
1883#59710
1882#9435
1881#46014
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Newell! It came in at #460, and was given to 14 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Newell
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
  • Biggest jump: 394 spots in 1903 (#1,013#619)
  • Biggest drop: 483 spots in 1882 (#460#943)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #460 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1910–1938
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,195
  • Highest: 1 in 7,195 boys born in 1881 were named Newell (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 199,357 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.7% of all boys named Newell (704) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s62#460 (1881)#764
1890s68#661 (1899)#748
1900s95#559 (1901)#791
1910s608#564 (1913)#672
1920s704#725 (1923)#789
1930s513#787 (1936)#885
1940s460#837 (1943)#1,021
1950s311#1,123 (1951)#1,392
1960s163#1,669 (1962)#2,042
1970s112#1,794 (1970)#3,593
1980s54#4,134 (1980)#5,701
1990s51#5,521 (1991)#7,135
2000s15#7,692 (2009)#10,123
2010s24#8,215 (2019)#11,178

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Newell in 1926

girls
#4,851
5 births · 1 in 237,080 girls
boys
#737
75 births · 1 in 14,807 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #4,851Newell5

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #737Newell75
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 237,080 of them was named Newell, which outranked 13.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Newell
  1. #4,306Zera6
  2. #4,306Zilla6
  3. #4,306Zollie6
  4. #4,851Newell5
  5. #4,851Addis5
  6. #4,851Adean5
  7. #4,851Adie5

Tied with 771 names at #4,851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 14,807 of them was named Newell, which outranked 84.8% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Newell
  1. #731Lucious76
  2. #731Porter76
  3. #731Stanton76
  4. #737Newell75
  5. #737Bonnie75
  6. #737Buck75
  7. #737Cloyd75
  8. #745Guido74
  9. #745Helen74
  10. #745Loyal74

Tied with 7 names at #737; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1926